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Did you know that a pet can considerably reduce the amount of stress in your life? When it comes to the types of animals that can be kept as pets, there are many to choose from. Whatever dog you choose, keep in mind that you are making a long-term commitment, since dogs live 10 years or more. Your dog will need attention, love and respect from you: food and water are not enough. Dogs need to be part of the family. The fact that the term service animal” is often used by landlords and public housing authorities to refer to both service dogs and assistance animals often creates confusion.

The best kind of accommodation for rabbits when children are involved in their daily care, is a wooden Wendy house construction with an attached run area. This will give children the opportunity to sit quietly and wait for the rabbits to come to them. This way the animals will feel more confident as they will have all four feet on the ground and will be able to hop away if they want to.

Before Hurricane Florence hit, local animal shelters began asking residents for assistance in providing shelter for the pets in their care. A viral photos shows the long line of people willing to help at animal rescue center, Saving Grace, where 124 dogs were successfully rescued. There are lots of definitions in the scholarly literature. I like the anthrozoologist James Serpell’s definition. He says a pet is an animal that we live with that has no obvious function.

About half of the households in Britain alone include some kind of pet; roughly 10m of those are dogs while cats make up another 10m. Pets cost time and money, and nowadays bring little in the way of material benefits. But during the 2008 financial crisis, spending on pets remained almost unaffected , which suggests that for most owners pets are not a luxury but an integral and deeply loved part of the family.

One-stop shop: The Seattle Animal Shelter is the only shelter for the city. This means that if someone has lost his or her pet within or near city limits, he or she will come here to look. While photographs are helpful, they are no replacement for seeing the animal in person. Bringing the pet here greatly increases its chances of being reunited. Serpell JA (2011). Historical and cultural perspectives on human-pet interactions. In McCardel P, McCune S, Griffin JA, et al, Animals in Our Lives (pp. 7-22). Baltimore: Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co.